354, Lot: 456. Estimate $150. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.09 g, 12h). Dated RY 20 of Antoninus Pius (AD 156/7). Draped bust right / Nilus seated left on pile of rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L K (date) in left field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3292; K&G 38.123; Emmett 1996.20 (unlisted date; RY 21 is R5). VF, rough brown surfaces with touches of green and red. Rare type for Faustina Junior under Pius.